Description
A wild plant overflowing with benefits Often wrongly considered a weed, stinging nettle or common nettle is a plant with recognised properties that has featured in various traditional pharmacopoeias for centuries. Ancestral practices used it as an expectorant, diuretic, antihypertensive, anti-anaemic, haemostatic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory to relieve rheumatism. √ It supports venous circulation and therefore circulatory wellbeing. √ Nettle leaf powder helps you feel more energetic and improves the body's vitality. √ Lastly, nettle helps achieve clear skin. √ The minerals and trace elements contained in nettle strengthen bones, nails and hair Chemical constituents of nettle Nettle's secondary metabolites have marked pharmacological properties. Nettle leaf notably contains: √ Organic acids involved in oxidative stress, the composition of which varies according to geographical origin. √ Flavonoids which act on damage linked to oxidative stress. √ Minerals and trace elements: calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, sulphur, zinc, manganese, copper, selenium… which give it valuable properties. √ Vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K. √ Inflammation neuromediators such as histamine, acetylcholine, serotonin √ Others: tannins, chlorophyll, carotenoids, essential oils...
